Posted on 10/12/2010 6:44:54 PM PDT by mandaladon
Lawmakers on Tuesday approved a bill to strip foreign-born criminals of their French nationality and expel EU citizens for certain crimes, part of President Nicolas Sarkozy's law and order crackdown.
Members of the lower house of parliament, the National Assembly, passed the measure after a first reading by 294 votes to 239 in a vote overshadowed by mass strikes and demonstrations against Sarkozy's pensions reforms.
The law would strip French nationality from foreigners who had acquired citizenship and who were convicted of violent crimes against police and other officials. This punishment currently applies only to terrorism charges.
It would also allow police to deport foreign nationals, including those from other European Union countries, for repeated acts of theft, aggressive begging or for illegally occupying land.
(Excerpt) Read more at france24.com ...
Looks like the world is slowly finding their cajones
We like to joke about the French, but it took guts for them to do this. I wish that George W. Bush had done something like it.
Damn I’m envious.
We should do that here, particularly for terrorists who claim “American nationality.”
Our so-called “judges” would whine that this is “unconstitutional”.
If only our Congress had the backbone to do the same thing.
N ice. Deport the Islamics. Charge em with jay walking. Send them home.
Dan, you wrote, “Looks like the world is slowly finding their dresser drawers.”
Looks like France is starting to ‘man up’.
Good for France!
I must agree.
Does this mean I have to start buying French wine again? ;-)
Merde! Who would have ever thought the French would have more guts than the USA?
This is a great idea and one we should imitate. No society owes its benefits to those who commit crimes against it. There are laws to deal with native-born criminals, but immigrants who commit serious crimes should also be deported. Too bad our leaders don’t have the cojones to do the same.
deported for aggressive begging? wonder what the definition is
For the first time in my life..................Vive le France!
Excellent...
Ping!
That looks like some fine mustard.
To become a naturalized citizen of any country not your own is a privilege. If you abuse this privilege you should be expelled, striped of your new citizenship and sent back to your country of origin. To me this should be a universal law.
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